Nathanael Knowpia

Nathanael
	The biblical Nathanael depicted in stained glass.
Pronunciation	/nəˈθæniəl/
Gender	Masculine
Origin
Word/name	Hebrew
Meaning	God has given or Gift of God
Other names
Nickname(s)	Nat, Nate
Related names	Jonathan, Nathan, Nathaniel

Nathanael is a biblical given name derived from the Hebrew נְתַנְאֵל (Netan'el), which means "God/El has given" or "Gift of God/El."^[1] Nathaniel is the variant form of this name and it stands to this day as the usual and most common spelling for a masculine given name. Other variants include Nathanel, Netanel and Nathanial.

Several figures in the Bible bear forms of this name. In the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh), the name is shared by a prince (or chieftain) of the Tribe of Issachar (Numbers 7:18–23, in the Naso parsha)^[2] and by a brother of King David (1 Chronicles 2:14).^[3] In the New Testament, Nathanael is said to be an early follower of Jesus of Nazareth, according to the Gospel of John (1:45; 21:2).

The related name Elnathan could be rendered "Gift of El" (Hebrew God). Four people named Elnathan are mentioned in the Hebrew Bible: one at 2 Kings 24:8, and three in Ezra 8:15–20. A similar ancient name with the same meaning as Elnathan, is Jonathan which signifies "YHWH has given".

In the Bible edit

Nathanael (follower of Jesus) in the Gospel of John

Notable people with this name edit

A edit

Nate Ackerman (born 1978), a British-American mathematician and wrestler

B edit

Nathanael Ball (1623–1681), an English clergyman, assistant to Brian Walton in his London Polyglot Bible
Nate Bargatze (born 1979), an American comedian and actor
Nathanael Barnes (born 1987), an Australian rugby league footballer
Nathanael Burwash (1839–1918), a Canadian methodist, minister and university administrator

C edit

Nathanael Carpenter (1589 – c. 1628), an English author, philosopher, and geographer
Nathanael Chalmers (1830–1910), a New Zealand pastoralist, explorer, politician, planter, sugar miller and magistrate

D edit

Nathanael Diesel (1692–1745), a Danish composer

E edit

Nathanael Emmons (1745–1840), an American congregational minister

F edit

Nathanael Fouquet (born 1972), a French slalom canoeist

G edit

Nathanael Gottfried Leske (1751–1786), a German scientist and geologist
Nathanael Gray, a professor of biological chemistry and molecular pharmacology at Harvard Medical School
Nathanael Greene (1742–1786), Major General of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War
August Nathanael Grischow (1726–1760), a German mathematician and astronomer

H edit

Nathanael Greene Herreshoff (1848–1938), American naval architect

J edit

Nathanael Jones (c. 1624 – 1683), a Welsh gentleman-poet

L edit

Johann Nathanael Lieberkühn (1711–1756), a German Physician
Nathanael Liminski (born 1985), a German politician

M edit

Nathanael Matthaeus von Wolf (1724–1784), a German botanist, physician and astronomer
Nathanael Mbourou (born 1996), a Gabonese professional footballer

N edit

Nat Neujean (1923–2018), a Belgian sculptor

O edit

Nate Oats (born 1974), an American basketball coach
Nathanael Ogbeta (born 2001), an English footballer
Nathanael of Ohrid (1820–1906), a Bulgarian cleric, writer and revolutionary from Macedonia
Nathanael Orr (1917–2016), an Australian politician

P edit

Nathanael G. Pendleton (1793–1861), an American politician
Nathanael Pringsheim (1823–1894), a German botanist

R edit

Nathan Ralph (born 1993), an English footballer
Nathanael Richards (1630–1654), an English dramatist

S edit

Nate Saint (1923–1956), an evangelical Christian missionary pilot
Nathanael Saleh (born 2006), an English actor
Nathanael Salmon (1675–1742), an English antiquary
Nathanaël (born Nathalie Stephens, 1970), Canadian writer and translator

V edit

Nathanael Villanueva (born 1995), a Filipino footballer

W edit

Nathanael West (1903–1940), American writer
Nathanael Wiseman, an entrepreneur and founder and CEO of Award-winning production company Redeeming Features

People with the name Nathanial edit

Nathanial Saltonstall (circa 1639–1707), American judge

References edit

^ Hanks, Patrick, et al. Oxford Dictionary of First Names (Second Edition). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. Print.
^ "The Dilemma of Nisanel ben Tzuar". Torah.org. 7 June 2002. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
^ Simmons, Rabbi Shraga (January 2007). "Boys' Names". aish.com. Retrieved 2019-02-12.

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